#A89E22#A89E22

#A89E22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.136 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A89E22
RGB	rgb(168, 158, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -9.85, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 61.29, 99.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0341 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.136 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6653, 32.8952, 6.3525)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A89E22 #222CA8

analogous

#A85B22 #A89E22 #6FA822

triadic

#A89E22 #22A89E #9E22A8

tetradic

#A89E22 #22A85B #222CA8 #A8226F

square

#A89E22 #22A85B #222CA8 #A8226F

split-complementary

#A89E22 #226FA8 #5B22A8

monochromatic

#423E0D #756E18 #A89E22 #D5C932 #E0D765

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#A89E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#A89E22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A89E22

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A89E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A89E22	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59387

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a89e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 158, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.136 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba69',
    500: '#a89e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a89e22;
$custom-light: #c6ba69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a89e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.522,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68694,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A89E22

secondary

#6168C5

accent

#4BE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A89E22

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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